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The Saint of an English Army before he was Patron Saint of England, St George may have been a soldier, but he was no Englishman. Some stories say that he was an officer in the Roman army under Diocletian, who refused to abandon his faith during the Terror, and was martyred at Lydda in Palestine...

Editor:  looking forward through Lent to Palm Sunday and Easter … Good Friday, in a way…is not Good Friday at all. It is Black Friday – a very Black Friday. It is Good Friday only in the sense that we know Easter will follow.  – J E Lantz He has outsoared the shadow of our...

Why do you like the music that you do? It may depend on your personality traits. A recent study has found that agreeable people tend to favour mellow music such as reggae, while neurotic people, struggling with suppressed anger and frustration, will tend to prefer intense styles such as grunge and metal. The study spanned...

Have you seen the film How to Train your Dragon? It’s set in a Viking village under attack from dragons, who steal livestock and burn down houses. Hiccup, the village Chief’s son, invents a machine to capture dragons. However, when he catches one of the most dangerous dragons, he cannot kill it, when he sees...

Last month we began our Lenten journey with ashes on Ash Wednesday, reminding us of our beginning and our ending; and this month we will conclude that time with Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. Such a relatively short time for so great a distance. I’m reminded of this by the opening words used in Church...

It was 75 years ago, on 1st April 1947, that the school leaving age in the UK was raised to 15. This had been planned in 1939 but was delayed because of the outbreak of war. The Education Act of 1944 put it on the Statute Book, and it was brought into effect in 1947....

China has tightened its online crackdown against Christians – attempting to control every word and image of religious content on the internet. Tough new measures were introduced on 1st March. This means that China’s unregistered house churches, aided by online content to survive the pandemic and persecution, have had that support stripped away, according to...

The Bishop of Kensington, Dr Graham Tomlin, will lead the new Centre for Cultural Witness, a project to underpin the Church’s work of being a Christian presence in every community. The Centre will be rooted in the Anglican Church, but fully ecumenical and international. It will embrace a wide range of Christian voices to seek...

– fierce firebrand of the Early Church Tertullian was born in Carthage, North Africa, about 155 AD. He had pagan parents and his father may have been a centurion. Carthage was a prestigious Roman colony and Tertullian was given a good education in Greek, Latin, literature, history and philosophy. On arrival in Rome, Tertullian probably...

The Church of England’s General Synod has approved new legislation to help churches meet carbon reduction targets. Most of the changes will make it easier for churches to make adaptations such as insulating pipes, draft-proofing doors and windows, fitting new non fossil fuel boilers, electric pew heaters, electric car charging points and soft furnishings to...

Nearly half of all dog owners would not continue to date somebody if their dog did not like that person. And two in five dog owners prefer to date someone who also has a dog. For those people who go online to look for dates, one in ten dog owners choose potential partners by looking...

Dating is not what it used to be. Instead of making an effort to dress up and meet somewhere special for the first time, nowadays singletons are increasingly staying at home, and vetting potential partners on Zoom first. What started during the pandemic seems to be having a lasting impact, with various dating apps reporting...